How to get speech in a console session?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Maybe time to research pipewire for how much it can replace pulse.


On Sat, 6 Nov 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Hi,
>
> short answer: this does not work in Debian out of the box, so needs a
> post-install configuration of the system.
>
> Long answer:
> this post from Samuel Thibault explains why:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-accessibility/2017/12/msg00089.html
>
> I have also proposed the way this works in Slint in this post:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-accessibility/2018/11/msg00012.html
>
> But as far as I know there has been no change in Debian wrt this specific
> issue, so you will need to either purge PulseAudio from Debian  (probably at
> the price of loosing some features like audio via bluetooth if I remember
> correctly) or start PulseAudio systeme wide, which is not recommended by
> upstream for security reasons unless in specific use cases like an embedded
> system. The post from Samuel will give you a more in-depth explanation.
>
> Cheers,
> Didier
> --
> Didier Spaier
> Slint maintainer
>
>
> Le 06/11/2021 ? 01:45, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit :
> > I did use speech in the installer, and Orca came up right away, but
> > speakup didn't work when I sswitched to a console session.
> > I read that wiki page, edited my /etc/modules file, and speakup still
> > wouldn't work.
> >
> > On 11/5/21, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Debian has a detacated accessibility page.  The wiki page is
> >> wiki.debian.org/accessibility <http://wiki.debian.org/accessibility>.  This
> >> has info on how to get speech both in a text interface and a GUI.  As a
> >> side
> >> note, if you use speech with the installer, everything will be enabled In
> >> the installed system.
> >>
> >> Matthew
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Nov 5, 2021, at 4:28 PM, Linux for blind general discussion
> >>> <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I already have espeak and espeakup installed. I tried running fenrir,
> >>> but I got the following error:
> >>> play WARN alsa: can't encode 0-bit Unknown or not applicable
> >>>
> >>> On 11/5/21, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> If you start the install media and press s then enter, you'll have
> >>>> speech
> >>>> during and after install.
> >>>> Devin Prater
> >>>> r.d.t.prater at gmail.com
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 12:37 PM Linux for blind general discussion <
> >>>> blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> So I'm new to Linux, and I'm going to be trying it out for a period of
> >>>>> about a week or two, to see if I could use it as a daily driver.
> >>>>> One thing I'm not sure about is how to get Speakup (with either
> >>>>> Espeakup or Speechd-Up) working.
> >>>>> My distribution of choice is Debian 11, by the way.
> >>>>>
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